I wouldn't automatically assume the problem is the person's age. What about the fact they were an "international" employee, not every country has the same history or knowledge of past events; the lack of having editors or anyone proofing content before posting; the lack of research that all people have in regard to…

I know about the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, but it happened before I was 2 years old. I would not automatically recognize the smoke cloud as a Specific Tragedy Smoke Cloud. There is no story here.

How about we blame the faulty education system that doesn't go past America punching Hitler in the face unless you take specialty classes, instead?

it would be interesting to see how many non-millennials would recognize the picture as the challenger at first glance.

I think is the fact that he was not from the US more than his age. I'm foreign and I don't have in my head every single image of that accident I barely know it happend. I am aware that US likes to think that their tragedies impact all world in the same way, but they don't. So yeah I think the title is just for…

I was born the day after the challenger disaster. Suffice to say, I've read and viewed pretty much all that can be read or viewed about that day. I still wouldn't have recognized this out of context, especially not on a red background. They took down the image, they apologized, so I fail to see what the big deal…

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I'm sure most American teens, even millennials, know that the Challenger disaster happened, but it's really not emphasized in US history as more than a tragic event from the…

But here's the thing... Millennial or not, there are certain iconic images that Americans should just f'ing know. You should know the Brady images of the American Civil War, Lang's work from the Great Depression, searing photos from Kent State and Viet Nam, you should not need google to tell you what they were

But ZOMG, we're like, the most important country EVAR!

It's purely ignorance but not in the bad way. The internet has opened up many possibilities to get something wrong only instead of a few close people we have the world watching. The Space Shuttle Challenger blowing up would only be significant to those who saw it either on the news, were there, or read the papers. …

Yeah, but the international part of it IS more relevant than anything else. This was a big deal in America, but it's still not as major of an event as an entire war (your French Rev. example) or 9/11, which we can assume international students know about. Let's say this student was from India. How many events with 6…

I am aware that the Challenger disaster happened and would have never recognized that picture either. It's not that significant; while weird shaped, they're just white clouds on a sky background. They don't like like natural sky clouds, but maybe from a big firework? No context clues. If an image of the rocket with…

same here. As a 32 year old uni graduate I consider myself well versed in historical events and whilst I def know of the disaster I've never seen that picture :/

I buy it. I can understand the whole check your sources stuff, but still... I agree it doesn't look like fireworks, and I had heard of the explosion but never saw the accompanying image, and I think even I might have been tempted to reblog something if it just seemed like a harmless smoke curl... I don't think…

Alright, seriously, Jezebel? That is a generic looking photo of clouds that I guarantee you a large chunk of the American population, millennial or otherwise, would not recognize off hand without any caption as reference. I attended a middle school whose mascot was "the Challenger" in honor of the disaster, and where…

Got to remember how history is taught in America, there's a lot of focus on the American Revolution and the Civil War but when it comes to anything 1980's to current it is very lacking.

another example of how the world is supposed to revolve around the USA ... some folks in the southern states have asked me if we live in igloos and if we ever get summer but we are supposed to know every historical event that ever went down in the states ... I think Americans should just spend the money to hire…

I turned 21 the day the Challenger blew up and I don't recognize that image. The disaster was just too horrible to focus on at the time and I stayed away from the TV images afterwards. We were all so excited for the first teacher in space! The death of Christa Mcauliffe and the other astronauts brings tears to my eyes…

I was born after the disaster and know plenty of really stupid people my age, and they all still know about the Challenger disaster. I'd guess it has much more to do with the international aspect, because an American aerospace accident with an all-American crew is probably pretty low on the agenda for history lessons…

Yeah. Not at all surprised this was an international intern/employee. I only know about the Challenger because the events leading up to it were used in a psych class I took in college. I might have made the same mistake since I've never seen that image before, and there's nothing in it to give context. I probably…